OpenBenches hits 40k

shkspr.mobi@edent2026年03月28日 12:34

Back in November 2023, our crowdsourced website of memorial benches reached 30,000 entries. At the start of March this year, I was delighted when long-time contributor jrbray1 added this gorgeous memorial, taking us up to 40,000 benches catalogued:

In fond memory ofDr Judy JohnBotanistEver supportiveAdviser and Friend of these woods

You can read more about Dr Judy John and her work on biodiversity.

Using the power of advanced machine learning, it is possible to plot the growth on an innovative form of data visualisation known as "a graph"!

A graph with a fairly straight line going up from 0 benches in 2017 to 40000 benches in 2026.

That's the sort of "number go up" that investors like to see. I reckon someone will come along to give us a bazillion dollarydoos any minute now.

For those of you who like text rather than graphics, here are our historic milestones:

  • 10K - December 2018
  • 20K - August 2021
  • 30K - November 2023
  • 40K - March 2026
  • 50k - ??? Probably September 2027 ???

Tell you what, when we get to fifty-thousand, we'll throw a big party and you'll all be invited 🥳

If you spot a lovely memorial bench while you're out and about, please take a geotagged photo and upload it to OpenBenches.org.